Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1876 — An Official and Unhiased Report of the Trouble at Cainhoy, S. C. [ARTICLE]

An Official and Unhiased Report of the Trouble at Cainhoy, S. C.

rmL«~*i2Zg2i\ sssaMSEs^^s: i«|u ,1 j ti >r |(\ jImV OukteiM, I. 0., Oil It tba towa orDalnbof, ln*ttit» comity. until I coold geta correct tlsUnciit -of tin- list-I*. It to «l» M tho legitimate remit* of the intimidation policy on the Mia* •iaaqip! plan adopund bj Urn Democratic party I* opening their campaign, for tbe purp.«H- of hrcaaing down tbe Republican maior.tv in ibia litate. Tbe Brat meeting In thla county at which Cooper Elver, some ten or UelVe mito* front tbe scene of the late Hot The Keputlicans bitd called a meeting, and tbc Demo. took mJKnI l' lfloVril .armed mentotba*nic«tfng. T boy formed their men in line near ilia stand, and demanded that <brv should turn half the time for their epeakers. The Ko> •übib-aaa did not rcliah tti.s kind of ” Ptoftfe ful political discusslpn,*' but Hie request waa backed Up t>Jf lfO •'Wlßchc.ter repeat-ing-riilea In the’ hands of ifien Who knew how to uh them, and they consented to i«flf»VHl©ti f time." Other meeting* followed this with a Mmil r display of arms, and. In o*der to arpld a collision, which wa* Imminent at each meeting, the Executive Committee of tacit party an anted to have a aeries of joint discussions, ana agreed that their people Should not come armed to the ••feelings. Tbe discussions In tba county had been going on with more or loss blttur«e*s and animosity, mainly growing out of the fact that the Democrats carried ft largo force of men from tbc city to over? meeting, who irritated the Kepubilcaiw by their violent denunciation of their leaders aad their m meeting at the brick church near Cslnbov waa called by tbe Repeblicsns, and wa* largely attended by wen who were <>rrsent at tbe Brat meeting at which the Ounocrate bad eu forced their deal aad to apqak, but had pot attended the-Joint discussions, and waby of them, being auspicious of the Democrats, carried such gun aa each map bail at h a home, eonaDting of old muskets, ♦bo-guns and Towling-pieces, but no militia mm vfeM4hore with State arms and iftnawlUonjPrfUir' Democrats claim; and the licet evidftftti- of that fact ia, that all tha dead met* shot with buck-shot, apd •not with rifle halls. When these colored Republicans arrived at their place of TU‘e'ing, their leading men told them that they were violating aa agreement by coming armed, and Mutt ihey must deposit their with! l at some,p|a'e away from the grounds Tin* colored njeft complied with the request, and *<uit - gnna. rav fifteen, were placed iff a d {lapidated build! tig some fifty yard* from the ffoad. aud other* were placed across a ravfiae itr tin- woods. About 150 Democrats accom--pknied their speakers from the city on a stcarnbea , and soon appeared afthe meeting. Tlie'wrst speaker waa a Democrat—a ■candidate fori Prosecuting Attorney of tbe clrrtiif. Be waa heard through very Pktbnt'r. He was followed by W. J. McKirthy fcqhred). who waa «■ delegate to (lie Cincinnati Convention from this State. Shon after McKinley commenced speaking, akommoikm Was observed in the crowd on tlm'yi(k-il»eSt to the dilapidated building, and MelCirilrfjumped off vie stand and said, “.Those wiiitojacn in that house give guns, anti are gotfiir'to shoot.** The colored men' raided the about, ‘‘The Dcmoorots have •■Mtucdumr gups.” and wade a rush fo* the •ottt-r giioK Tie white men wff»Md sdfcret-! llMfl-PP®® Ifftd too house rntdacirea the, gua» lbeu fired, and the first shot killed an old colored mao about seventy years old, wlgt Wft* standing leaning on a stick, and this la the ©nlycolorcd man who la kffown to have been kilted. The colored men returned with their guns very soon, and attacked the •party at the old house, and then commenced a genera! fire on the Democrats, who were

generally armed with pistols, bubhad to retire rapidly toward the boat under.a heaVy tire. The colored men became furious when Kiev saw that some of their arms had been seized and one of thilr own men killed. Sheriff Bowen, whom they recognized as their per onal and political friend, rushed among them and tried to stop the firing, but they did not cease until all the whl'e men wore driven away from the church. Six white, men were killed or have died, and one colored man. Several white men are wounded, (Hit none seriously. It is not yet Known how many are hurt. As soon as the fight ceased the steamboat returned to the city for arms and reinforcc.aentK, and over lot) man went back on her on two hours, notice, %ltt arms for themselves and for their 100 men already there. /The next morning about 20W more armed -JncnPwent ut...a the same boat, which had ret 'iracd. These armed,mtm irege h earn iffTarrcompanics, or a portion Of Ah# competes. which Gov. Chamberlain ordered to disband two wee-s ago. On the n glit of the riot I telegraphed to! SnmrricrTitle to the officer In commadd of tba troops for a company to go to Cainhov. He replied the next morning that he had only one artillery company, which had no. small arms. 1 then telegraphed to Gov.i Chamberlain to know where 1 could gc troop-, and he referred me to Gen. Ruger, at Atlanta, who has ordered a company from! ‘Columbia, which trill arrive to-morrow morality, and I wfll proceed with them at once to Cainhor. I will require the armed >i#t-B there to disperse, and will see that, no lurtber rioting takes place. Very respect folly, K. M. Wallace, Cylted Slates Marshal.